About the Role
This 12-month fixed-term contract position offers an exciting opportunity to assist the IS Infrastructure and Service Delivery team with contract administration and financial management. The role is vital in ensuring the optimal set-up, maintenance, and termination of IT contracts for Eurostar's advantage.
Responsibilities
- Raise POs for the team and ensure timely receipting POs to facilitate invoice payment.
- Track all POs raised and update records regularly for accuracy.
- Help review monthly financial spend reports to ensure accurate expenditure accounting.
- Review monthly telephony-related costs and raise queries to suppliers as appropriate.
- Maintain and update the master contracts register.
- Produce quarterly contract renewal details for service owners' review, renewal, or termination.
- Update progress status on contract renewals/terminations in a timely manner.
- Maintain an up-to-date supplier contact list.
- Support the Project Manager in capturing and understanding project requirements.
- Analyze solution options and assist with procurement processes.
- Plan project activities using various tools and methods.
- Provide project reporting.
- Build relationships with other teams and act as a point of contact for their needs.
- Help manage the handover from projects to BAU support teams.
Requirements
- A degree in a finance-related discipline.
- Organizational skills and problem-solving skills.
- Teamwork and interpersonal skills.
- Financial management skills: Experience in financial accounting and forecasting.
- Planning and organizational skills.
- Business knowledge and commercial awareness.
- Influencing and negotiation skills, commercial awareness.
- Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing demands.
- General computer skills including MS Word and Excel.
Skills
- Financial accounting
- Forecasting
- Planning
- Organizational skills
- Problem solving
- Teamwork
- Interpersonal skills
- Business knowledge
- Commercial awareness
- Influencing
- Negotiation
- MS Word
- MS Excel
Location
- London Kings Cross
Work Type
- Hybrid
- 12-month fixed-term contract
Experience Level
- Intern
Education Level
- Degree in a finance-related discipline
Salary/Compensations
- £26,996.56 per year
Benefits
- Travel benefits (75% off underground network from Day 1)
- Competitive defined benefit pension scheme
- Free Eurostar tickets
- Discounted Eurostar tickets for friends and family
- Ongoing training and development
- Exclusive deals, discounts and perks
About the Company
- Eurostar is fuelling the future of rail travel, operating in five countries and sparking new opportunities for travellers.
- The company is building a greener, more inclusive future for everyone.
Equal Opportunity
- Eurostar believes in giving everyone an equal chance and actively encourages applications from talented individuals regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, whether you’re pregnant or on maternity leave.
- The company values individuality and aims for a diverse team that reflects the world.
